Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms

RAMSES AMER Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Umea University, SwedenMARK T. BERGER Senior Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies and the International Studies Program, University of New South Wales, AustraliaMARK BEESON Senior Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, AustraliaBENEDICTE BULL Political Scientist and Research Fellow, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, NorwaySANDRA J. MACLEAN Associate Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, CanadaANE ROALD MANNSÅKER PhD Student, University of Oslo, NorwayKIRSTEN NORDHAUG Associate Professor, Department of Geography and International Development Studies, Roskilde University, DenmarkCLAUDIA SANCHEZ BAJO Responsible for research and research co-ordination of European Association of Cooperative GroupsIAN TAYLOR Lecturer in School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK

• List of Maps and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations The Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms: An Introduction to our Critical, Revisionist Inquiries; M. Bøås, M.H.Marchand & T.M.Shaw Between Bush and Bolivar; Change and Continuity in the Remaking of Mesoamerica; B.Bull European Union-Mercosur Interregionalism: Negotiations, Civil Society and Governance; C.Sanchez Bajo APEC, ASEAN+3 and American Power: The History and Limits of the New Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific ; M.T.Berger & M.Beeson U.S. Hegemony and Regionalism: The Case of East Asia; K.Nordhaug Conflict Management and Constructive Engagement in the Expansion of the Association of South-east Asian Nations; R.Amer Informal Regionalism in the Gulf; A.M.Roald Discordant Discourses: South(ern) African Narratives on Zimbabwe's Crisis; S.J.MacLean The Logic of Disorder: 'Malignant Regionalization' in Central Africa; I.Taylor Conclusion: Projections for the Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms; M. Bøås, M.H.Marchand & T.M.Shaw Bibliography Index